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- ↑ Loncharic, Meg. "Meg Loncharic: New York Philharmonic principal tuba to perform with Erie Junior Phil in 2022". Erie Times-News.
- ↑ Woolfe, Zachary (27 May 2016). "Review: Planets, Tubas and Febrile Strings With the New York Philharmonic". The New York Times.
- ↑ Mitchell, Heidi (23 July 2014). "Riding His Motorcyle, Minus the Tuba". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ www.rutgers.edu Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Meinl-Weston and NY Phil's Alan Bear create the new F-Tuba 6460 "Kodiak"
